The Darktown Revue (1931)

With a series of long takes and frontal camera set-ups, Micheaux provides a record of several cabaret acts, using intertitles to separate the individual numbers. This quietly outrageous film begins with the high-toned Heywood Choir singing "Watermelon time" and concludes with Amon Davis playing a preacher using heavy blackface. Amon Davis was known as "the Back Biting Comedian, Par Excellence", and his sermon is one of Micheaux's many notable send-ups of the clergy.

Released

1931-01-31

Genres

Comedy, Music

Runtime

18 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Oscar Micheaux

TMDB rating

4.3/10 from 6 votes